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Meals are not available for this session. Limited lodging is available.
Participants bring their bisque-fired works, Touchstone provides all other wood firing materials. **Make sure to review the Community Wood Firings info page on our website for full details regarding kiln shifts, safety, and what exactly you must bring with you to the wood firing.**
$200 Stand-In Fee (required if you are not working your kiln shifts)
Each Community Wood Firing welcomes ceramic artists of all skill levels, from novices to professionals. Handbuilders, wheel throwers, sculptors, and anyone in-between are encouraged to register and experience firing Touchstone’s two-chamber noborigama kiln. Participants will be introduced to all necessary steps of a successful wood firing: how to glaze (or leave a piece raw!), wadding, kiln loading techniques, lighting a kiln, stoking the kiln, working kiln shifts, kiln safety, soda mixing techniques, stoking soda, down-firing/reduction cooling with wood, wood stacking and drying, working with a team, kiln unloading, and sanding your wares, plus discussions about materials.
